[STEAM] Shadow of Mordor Will NOT Launch

[Humble Bee]

Yesterday I started downloading shadow of mordor on steam. I left the download overnight and in the morning I saw the download had completed and tried to launch the game. When i click play in steam it seems as if nothing happens. Syncing appears next the the game name for a split second then nothing happens....

 

Any help is much appreciated... I have no idea what to do. Thanks

[Rorgash]

shut down steam completely, this means going into the activity manager, or you can just restart your PC its steam sorta freezing up(probably)

[Volbet]

Have you tried to varify the game cache? That is usually where the issue is with Steam.

If that doesn't help, try restarting Steam.

[Humble Bee]

shut down steam completely, this means going into the activity manager, or you can just restart your PC its steam sorta freezing up(probably)

 

High thanks for the advice, I gave it a try but unfortunately neither have helped my situation. It is weird as there is no error code given. Thanks for trying to help though.

[Humble Bee]

Have you tried to varify the game cache? That is usually where the issue is with Steam.

If that doesn't help, try restarting Steam.

I would give this a try but I have no idea of how to verify the game cache with steam. Is this an easy thing to do?

[Semper]

Right-click the game, select "properties"

locate the "local files" tab, locate the "verify integrity of game files" button

let steam process the game, it may take several minutes.

 

You may need to run steam in an elevated permissions mode (completely exit out of steam, right click your steam shortcut, and run as an administrator)

[Volbet]

I would give this a try but I have no idea of how to verify the game cache with steam. Is this an easy thing to do?

It is quite easy. 

Right click the game → Click ´Properties´ → Go to the tab ´Local files´ → Press the button ´Verify integrity of the game cache´ 

[Humble Bee]

Right-click the game, select "properties"

locate the "local files" tab, locate the "verify integrity of game files" button

let steam process the game, it may take several minutes.

 

You may need to run steam in an elevated permissions mode (completely exit out of steam, right click your steam shortcut, and run as an administrator)

 

 

It is quite easy. 

Right click the game → Click ´Properties´ → Go to the tab ´Local files´ → Press the button ´Verify integrity of the game cache´ 

Thank you, both of you, I just found this out by googling before looking back here. Thank you anyways. I am giving it a try now and will report back if successful Cheers

[s4spencer]

Something that's worked for me with similar issues has been going right into steamapp>common>[game]>x64>[game]application

 

I'm pretty sure its not going to give you much luck, but its a very quick and easy solution that you can try to let you get your hands on this beautiful game right away, I know the delay must be nearly killing you

[Humble Bee]

Something that's worked for me with similar issues has been going right into steamapp>common>[game]>x64>[game]application

 

I'm pretty sure its not going to give you much luck, but its a very quick and easy solution that you can try to let you get your hands on this beautiful game right away, I know the delay must be nearly killing you

Haha, yeah I really want to get on the game now... but steam seems to have other plans.. i will keep looking and if i find a solution I will post it here.

[Semper]

Haha, yeah I really want to get on the game now... but steam seems to have other plans.. i will keep looking and if i find a solution I will post it here.

I take this as saying that verifying didn't work?

Well, on the one-off, are your GPU drivers up to date?

[s4spencer]

Haha, yeah I really want to get on the game now... but steam seems to have other plans.. i will keep looking and if i find a solution I will post it here.

here's a nice little post I found

http://www.crashwiki.com/top-10-fixes-shadow-mordor-crashes-errors-wont-start-black-screen-config-nvidia-sli-dx11-support-hd-textures-slow-mouse/

if you tried booting it right from the steamapp>common>etc. folder, and verifying integrity didn't work, try updating drivers and following the #2 in the above link

[Humble Bee]

I take this as saying that verifying didn't work?

Well, on the one-off, are your GPU drivers up to date?

 

 

here's a nice little post I found

http://www.crashwiki.com/top-10-fixes-shadow-mordor-crashes-errors-wont-start-black-screen-config-nvidia-sli-dx11-support-hd-textures-slow-mouse/

if you tried booting it right from the steamapp>common>etc. folder, and verifying integrity didn't work, try updating drivers and following the #2 in the above link

Thanks I will give both these a try later tonight as I have to go out now. I will try these when I get back in. Thanks in advance.